I contracted with an operator that advertised 3 tank dives and found that each was on shallow reefs and only 35-40 minute bottom times. I was not particularly good on air but still had 1000 psi left. I remembered another members post about Raul and contacted him. He had room on his boat and off we went. Well the first dive was 90′ multi-level and I did 50min. On the second, Raul worked with me and got me breathing a bit better, 50′ for 60 min. Next day first dive was 85′ and with Raul’s instruction and slow pace we saw many things others just swim right over and I did 65 min. Second was 50′ and a great 75 min. We dove to the extent of our computers no deco time and thats great. I still had 600 psi after that dive so plenty of spare in case of deco.

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Raul is a real nice guy and is owner/operator so
you deal with the boss not an employee. He has a small fast boat 6 divers max, with a canopy, towels, snacks, raincoats, and water. He likes to take his time underwater and find the little cridders that others miss. Bottom times are your air and computer, most over an hour.

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We did two days of diving and two night dives with Raul Platas of bottomtimedivers.net. He of course did a fantastic job as always handling me, my fiancé, and our two friends!

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